Cllr Keith Wood, chairman of the cabinet, said: “At the moment we are guaranteeing that the existing charities do as well as they can and maybe even better.”

Elosie Appleby, assistant director for economic prosperity, said: “I hope it will help is get money out to places that it will really help. This year will see a pretty thorough review of the whole situation. This could be quite a big year.”

The bulk of these funds comes from Core Funding which covers such costs as overheads. In addition, the council provides one-off grants for various projects often helping organisations to attract match-funding from elsewhere.

Comments (2)

Let's hope no more cash is given to the Trinity centre as they have been given generous handouts over the years not just from the local council but by the EEC. It's often closed or on reduced opening times due to staff shortages. The Chief exec Michelle Gardiner rarely attends the centre

Let's hope no more cash is given to the Trinity centre as they have been given generous handouts over the years not just from the local council but by the EEC. It's often closed or on reduced opening times due to staff shortages. The Chief exec Michelle Gardiner rarely attends the centrewackyracer

Let's hope no more funds are given to the Trinity centre as it has already received a lot of money over the years from the local council and EEC., yet often it is closed or on reduced opening times due to staff shortages. The Chief Exec Michelle Gardiner rarely attends

Let's hope no more funds are given to the Trinity centre as it has already received a lot of money over the years from the local council and EEC., yet often it is closed or on reduced opening times due to staff shortages. The Chief Exec Michelle Gardiner rarely attendswackyracer